Skylight construction



Nov, 23 1926. 1,608,381 E. FLAGG SKYLIGHT CONSTRUCTION Filed Oct. 22, 1924 8 7 6 w f a /4 WITNESSES INVENTOR Patented Nov. 23, 1926.

ERNEST FLAGG, 91 NEW YORK, Y.

SKYLIGHT consrnuc'rrenj Application filed October 22, 1924. Serial No. 745232.

This invention relates to a skylight construction. An object of the invention is the provision of a simple, efficient, durable construction of skylight whereby an efli cient skylight construction can be produced at a minimum cost and by the use of a few simple stock materials.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through the skylight; and

Figure 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure l.

The form of the invention shown in the drawings is a preferred form, although it is understood that modifications in the construction and arrangement of the parts'and in the character of the mate ials used may be adopted without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

In the preferred form of the invention shown in the drawings, the skylight construction is used in connection with a roof having a sheathing 1 connected in any suitable manner to rafters 2. The sheathing is cut away to form an opening 3 to admit light into the space beneath the roof.

On the sheathing around the opening is disposed a frame 4 of ordinary diameter, preferably two inches by two inches. On this frame I dispose a skylight window frame 5 made ofany suitable material, preferably similar to the glass frames used in hot-houses. This windowframe is slightly longer than the supporting frame t but its upper end is lined up flush with the upper end of the frame 4- and its lower end extends slightly below the lower end of the frame 4. The width of the window or skylight frame 5 is a little bit greater than the width of the supporting frame Across the upper end of the supporting and skylight frames, which are lined up flush with each other, I dispose a triangular piece of timber 6. This piece of timber is 'astened to the sheathing l and has a thickness at its lower end equal to the depth of the combined supporting and skylight frames. The surface of this timber, therefore, slopes from the top upper edge of the skylight frame gradually to the roof. It is fastened to the roof and to the frame in any suitable manner. A strip of metal 7, pref erably copper, is disposed across the upper end of the skylight frame and this piece of timber 6. The upper. edge of the copper sheathing is preferably slipped under the covering 8 of the roof and is fastened to the sheathing 1. The lower edge of the copper sheathing is connected at 9 to the upper surface of the skylight frame 5. The roof covering 8 is extended up along the lower edge of the frame 4-, as shown at 10, and up along the sides of this frame, as shown at 11 and 12, and suitably connected thereto. Any water running down the roof will run up on the copper sheathing down across the frame '5, the roof covering in combination with the copper sheathing preventing the water from getting into the opening 3 most effectively. The windowframe is not pivoted to the supporting frame excepting by the pivotal action of the copper sheathing. To open the skylight, a hook 18is released and the lower end of the skylight is lifted, the frame thereby pivoting with the copper sheathing as a more or less flexible pivoted member.

It will be observed that this construction is simple, durable and efficient and that it can be made of simple stock material.

VVhat- I claim is 1. In combinatlon with a roof having an opening, a supporting frame connected to the roof around said opening, a skylight frame loosely disposed on the supporting frame and having their upper edges aligned with each other, and a triangular piece of material having its base disposed against the aligned upper edges of the supporting and skylight frames and of equal thickness, said triangular piece of material sloping from the upper edge of the skylight frame to the roof.

2. In combination with a roof having an opening, a supporting frame connected to the roof around said opening, a skylight frame loosely disposed on the supporting frame and having their upper edges aligned with each other a triangular piece of material having its base disposed against the aligned upper edges 0? the supporting and skylight frames and of equal thickness, said triangular piece of material sloping from the upper edge of the skylight frame to the roof, and a sheet of metallic sheathing connected to the upper edge of the skylight frame and extending across the triangular member, the upper edge of this sheet being connected to the roof beneath the roof covering. p

ERNEST FLAGG. 

